Where does “kaunokirja” come from?

kaunokirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kauno, from Finnish kaunis, from Proto-Finnic kaunis, from Proto-Germanic skauniz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- — quick, dashing, beautiful.

kaunokirja (Finnish): fiction book, especially one of literary value

Definitions

  1. fiction book, especially one of literary value

Ancestry of “kaunokirja”, step by step

kaunokirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kauno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaunoSynonym of nuorukainen; Synonym of neitonen;...
2Finnishkaunisbeautiful
3Proto-Finnickaunisbeautiful
4Proto-Germanicskaunizbeautiful, shining
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱoun-quick, dashing, beautiful

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaunis →